Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:36:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Mike Silbersack <silby@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/libkern arc4random.c Message-ID: <20030815013501.L1565@odysseus.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <200308150634.h7F6Ylxw022089@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200308150634.h7F6Ylxw022089@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Mike Silbersack wrote: > silby 2003/08/14 23:34:47 PDT > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/libkern arc4random.c > Log: > Lock down arc4random so it can be safely called w/o Giant. > > Minor code reorganization was required, but the only functional > change was that the first 1024 bytes of output are thrown out > after each reseed, rather than just the initial seed. > > Revision Changes Path > 1.12 +26 -17 src/sys/libkern/arc4random.c This doesn't use per-cpu randomness pools or anything cool, but I decided that easily verified locking was more important at this point. (And I doubt that it's a performance problem either way.) Mike "Silby" Silbersack
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